Folding bed



. C. 0. PELLETIR.

FOLDING UEO'.4 APPLICATION m50 JuLY 31, 1916A. Y

Patented J 1111622, 1920. ZSHETs-SHEET 1.

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FOLDING BED. APPLICATION F|LED`JULY31.191.6.

'1,344, 1 88. Patented June 2z, 1920.

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WITNESSES:

69 /4 M WMM ATTORNEY g UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES o. PELLETIER, or OAKLAND, cALIFoRNIA.

FOLDING EED.

.To all wlw/a it may Conce/711i.'

Be it known that L'GHARLES O. PELLETIER, a citizen of the United States, residing lat Uakland, in the county of Alameda and State oi' California, have Vinvented new and uset'ul lmprovements in Folding Beds, of which the 'following is a specification.

rl`his invention relates to folding beds; and

has for its object to simplify and improveV the construction and operation of such devices.

This object I accomplishv bymeans of an Lip-ending' bed, pivoted horizontally upon 'l'idenim-supporting members to permit foldmp,` movement,A said fulcrum-supporting members being` carried for movement'upon a suitable base orsupport, whereby to permit the b ed to be'swung about a vertical pivot orto be transported from place to place, verti lally movable legs `for the head of the bed to assist the fulcrurn-supporting members, said legs being' movable up and down by the tilting` action of the bed, whereby, when the bed is in folded position, the legs are raised from the floor to permit the vfulcrum-.sup-

porting members to be moved about, and'l iup` shown in extended position.

Fig. 2 shows a similar view with the parts in folded position.

F 3, et and5 show detail views of the vertically movable at the 'front-.ot the bed.-

-ln the Jform illustrated` I have shown a, bed-frame 10, having pintles 'il journaled in fulcrum-supporting members l2; the latter being carried 'for movement upon a suitable support 13. is shown, the tulerumsupportingT members are in the iorm ot brackets secured at their rear ends to a head- `trame, 1.4.,which latter is pivoted for swinging limvement upon a vertical support l5. and thus swinging` moven'lent oi" the said i'ulernm-supportino members is permitted. although the same ma)v be otherwise mo\YA able as by means of' a traveling support. l `or the latter purpose l show the support Svpeicatoll 0f Letters Patent Patented J une 22, 1920.

Application filed July 31, 1916.

Serial No. 112,273.

its lower end by means of a pin 19 secured to the bracket and working in a slot 20.

The upper end of each leg' is guided. by a v vertical slot 2l, through which passes the adjacent .pintle ll. To the side-bar of the bed-frame is connected a downwardlyY tendlng crank arm Q2, havin` a pin A23 to enter a horizontal slot Qet formed in the the slots 2l and 2l preferably comiminicating,T to form an angular guidewav.

lVhen the bed-frame is extended the crank pin E23 lies at the rear of the horizontal slot and the pintle ll is at the top of the vertical slot, and when the bed-frame is raised the pin 28 is moved forwardly to raise the yleg,r 'so that the lower ends of the vertical slots touch their respective pins.

The .brackets l2 have' upward extensions 25 at their forward ends, to which are connected links 26, each running to a Jforward extension 2T on the end oit a bell-crank lever 2S. the latter pivoted to one of the side bars of the bed-franie near the foot thereof. The front ends of the bell-crank levers 2S have supporting` legs 29 fixed to them, and the, rear end-s ot' the said levers have foot pieces 230 secured to them. The legs and ioot pieces are parallel to each other and are adapted to *swing rfrom a right angular position with the iframe to substantial parallelism therewith in moving from an extended to a Vfolded position. y

ln tilting the bed-trame upwardly, the. links 2G thrust the bell-crank levers in a direction to told the foot pieces and lees. and in folded position the toot piece is spaced from the top surtace'ot the bed to allow room for bed clothing. lt will be noted that the head-piece '1T and i'oot piece :lo are in alinement with each other when the bed is in folded position. such an arrangement providing;A a secure inelosnre l'or retainingthev bed clothing' in place. The lens 29. at Jthe ioot ot the bed. oeeupy. in extended position, a place Abeneath the bedd'rame and help to -support the hed-frame inermeiliatelv. and. lwhen yfolded` are projected upwardlyv in alinement with the sidediars ol' the l'rame.

. The front or head legs 18 serve to support the outer ends of the brackets l2 when in lowered position by reason of the c ank arm 28 rest-ingl on the bottoms of the slots 24. .Vhen raised, the said legs '1S are in alinemeiit with the side-bars of the bed-frame and clear the floor, so that the bed may be swung on its vertical pivot l5 or moved about on the rollers 16,

`While l have shown and described herein but one form of device, it will bc noted, nevertheless, that the same is susceptible of modification and` therefore, many changes in the construction and arrangement of the several parts may be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention as disclosed in the appended claims.

The -side bars of the bed-frame l() carry at either end -upsta-nding supports 31 to receive the mattress springs 32. F or counter balancing the bed frame I employ contrae tile coil springs 33 connected to the supports 32 and to the brackets l2 below the pivots ll, the latter connection being preferably made with a transverse har 34 which unites the brackets 12. Such an arrangement will allow the necessary extension and retraction of the springs on tilting the bed, the springs being stretched from one-third to one-half of their length in the movement of the frame fromv vertical to horizontal position. Such counterbalancing arrangement does not embody anehorages to any permanently fixed parts `and hence the traveling or swinging movement of the bed is not interfered with.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. in a folding bed having its frame, piw otally secured nari' the head for tilting movement in a vertical plane, head end down, a foot-piece pivotally connected to the outer end of the fame and forming a support therefor` and means operated by the tilting of the bed for folding the foot\ piece into position parallel with the bedframe and spaced therefrom in such a manner as to engage with the bed clothing.

2. ln a folding bed, a fulcrum support, a bed-frame pivoted horizontally thereon, folding legs beneath saidv bed-frame near the foot thereof, a foot piece at the end of said frame, bell-cranks connecting said legs and foot-piece and pivoted to the sidebars of the bed-frame` and links connecting between said bell-cranks and said fulcrum supportand operative to fold said foot piece and coincidentally with the folding of the bed-frame in a manner to cause the foot-piece to inclosethe bedding and the legs to occupy a position parallel with the. bed-frame and directed away from the head thereof.

3. In a foldingbed having` its frame pivotally secured near the head for tilting movement in a vert-ical plane, head end down, a foot-piece pivotally connected to the outer end of the frame and forming a.

folded, and 'arms connecting the same with v the bed-frame at points spaced inwardly from the ends of the latter.

et. In a folding bed having its frame pivotally secured near the head for tilting movement in a vertical plane, a foot-piece pivotally connected to the outer end of the frame and forming a support therefor` means operated by the tilting` of the bed for folding the foot-piece into position parallel with the bedeframx and spaced therefrom in such a manner as to engage with thel bed clothing` `iid foot-piece comprising a frame normally at right angles to the bedframe when unfolded, arms connecting the same with the bed-frame at points spaced inwardly from the ends of the latter, and a leg rigidly connected with the inner end of each arm to assist in the support of the bed-frame, said legs being foldable into position parallel with the bed-frame and directed away from the head thereof.

5. ln a folding bed` a movable fulcrum supporti a bed-fame. pivoted thereto,v supporting legs for the fulcrum support, said legs having approximately L-shaped slots in their upper ends` means to guide the legs to allow of sliding movement thereof` the pivots of the bed-frame being passed through the vertical legs of the slot. and means to positively raise and lower the legs including projections operating in the horizontal legs of the slots whereby when the bed-frame is lowered` said projections will ride along the bottoms of the horizontal legs of the slots and depress the legs and when the bed-frame is raised the projections will ride along the tops of the horizontal legs of the slots to positively raise the legs, said pivots of the bed-fra1ne acting to engage the ends of the vertical legs of the Leshaped slots so as to limit the'vertical movenients of the leg both in raising and lowering thereof.

ln testimony whereof ll have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES O. PELLRTHR. llflitnesses Jorn: ll. Henrietta lV. lV. HEALEY. 

